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Park SW, Lee BH, Song SH, Kim MK. Revisiting the Ramachandran plot based on statistical analysis of static and dynamic characteristics of protein structures. J Struct Biol 2023; 215:107939. [PMID: 36707040 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2023.107939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Ramachandran plots, which describe protein structures by plotting the dihedral angle pairs of the backbone on a two-dimensional plane, have played an important role in structural biology over the past few decades. However, despite continued discovery of new protein structures to date, the Ramachandran plot is still constructed by only a small number of data points, and further it cannot reflect the steric information of proteins. Here, we investigated the secondary structure of proteins in terms of static and dynamic characteristics. As for static feature, the Ramachandran plot was revisited for the dataset consisting of 9,148 non-redundant high-resolution protein structures released in the protein data bank until April 1, 2022. By calculating amino acid propensities, it was found that the proportion of secondary structures with respect to residue depth is directly related to their hydrophobicity. As for dynamic feature, normal mode analysis (NMA) based on an elastic network model (ENM) was carried out for the dataset using our KOSMOS web server (http://bioengineering.skku.ac.kr/kosmos/). All ENM-based NMA results were stored in the KOSMOS database, allowing researchers to use them in various ways. In this process, it was commonly found that high B-factors appeared at the edge of the alpha helix region, which was elucidated by introducing residue depth. In addition, by investigating the change in dihedral angle, it was possible to quantitatively survey the contribution of structural change of protein on the Ramachandran plot. In conclusion, our statistical analysis of protein characteristics will provide insight into a range of protein structural studies.
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- Soon Woo Park
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea; SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea.
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Gaur NK, Ghosh B, Goyal VD, Kulkarni K, Makde RD. Evolutionary conservation of protein dynamics: insights from all-atom molecular dynamics simulations of 'peptidase' domain of Spt16. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2023; 41:1445-1457. [PMID: 34971347 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2021.2021990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Protein function is encoded in its sequence, manifested in its three-dimensional structure, and facilitated by its dynamics. Studies have suggested that protein structures with higher sequence similarity could have more similar patterns of dynamics. However, such studies of protein dynamics within and across protein families typically rely on coarse-grained models, or approximate metrics like crystallographic B-factors. This study uses µs scale molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to explore the conservation of dynamics among homologs of ∼50 kDa N-terminal module of Spt16 (Spt16N). Spt16N from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Sc-Spt16N) and three of its homologs with 30-40% sequence identities were available in the PDB. To make our data-set more comprehensive, the crystal structure of an additional homolog (62% sequence identity with Sc-Spt16N) was solved at 1.7 Å resolution. Cumulative MD simulations of 6 µs were carried out on these Spt16N structures and on two additional protein structures with varying degrees of similarity to it. The simulations revealed that correlation in patterns of backbone fluctuations vary linearly with sequence identity. This trend could not be inferred using crystallographic B-factors. Further, normal mode analysis suggested a similar pattern of inter-domain (inter-lobe) motions not only among Spt16N homologs, but also in the M24 peptidase structure. On the other hand, MD simulation results highlighted conserved motions that were found unique for Spt16N protein, this along with electrostatics trends shed light on functional aspects of Spt16N.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Neeraj K Gaur
- Beamline Development and Application Section, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India.,Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
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- Beamline Development and Application Section, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India
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- Beamline Development and Application Section, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India
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- Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
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- Beamline Development and Application Section, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India
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Protein Fluctuations in Response to Random External Forces. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/app12052344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Elastic network models (ENMs) have been widely used in the last decades to investigate protein motions and dynamics. There the intrinsic fluctuations based on the isolated structures are obtained from the normal modes of these elastic networks, and they generally show good agreement with the B-factors extracted from X-ray crystallographic experiments, which are commonly considered to be indicators of protein flexibility. In this paper, we propose a new approach to analyze protein fluctuations and flexibility, which has a more appropriate physical basis. It is based on the application of random forces to the protein ENM to simulate the effects of collisions of solvent on a protein structure. For this purpose, we consider both the Cα-atom coarse-grained anisotropic network model (ANM) and an elastic network augmented with points included for the crystallized waters. We apply random forces to these protein networks everywhere, as well as only on the protein surface alone. Despite the randomness of the directions of the applied perturbations, the computed average displacements of the protein network show a remarkably good agreement with the experimental B-factors. In particular, for our set of 919 protein structures, we find that the highest correlation with the B-factors is obtained when applying forces to the external surface of the water-augmented ANM (an overall gain of 3% in the Pearson’s coefficient for the entire dataset, with improvements up to 30% for individual proteins), rather than when evaluating the fluctuations obtained from the normal modes of a standard Cα-atom coarse-grained ANM. It follows that protein fluctuations should be considered not just as the intrinsic fluctuations of the internal dynamics, but also equally well as responses to external solvent forces, or as a combination of both.
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He XL, Du LF, Zhang J, Liang Y, Wu YD, Su JG, Li QM. The functional motions and related key residues behind the uncoating of coxsackievirus A16. Proteins 2021; 89:1365-1375. [PMID: 34085313 DOI: 10.1002/prot.26157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Revised: 05/09/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16) is a highly contagious virus that causes the hand, foot, and mouth disease, which seriously threatens the health of children. At present, there are still no available antiviral drugs or effective treatments against the infection of CVA16, and thus it is of great significance to develop anti-CVA16 vaccines. However, the intrinsic uncoating property of the capsid may destroy the neutralizing epitopes and influence its immunogenicity, which hinders the vaccine developments. In the present work, the functional-quantity-based elastic network model analysis method developed by our group was extended to combine with group theory to investigate the uncoating motions of the CVA16 capsid, and then the functionally key residues controlling the uncoating motions were identified by our functional-quantity-based perturbation method. Several motion modes encoded in the topological structure of the capsid were revealed to be responsible for the uncoating of CVA16 particle. These modes predominantly contribute to the fluctuation of the gyration radius of the capsid. Then, by using the perturbation method, four clusters of key sites involved in the uncoating motions were identified, whose perturbations induce significant changes in the fluctuation of the gyration radius. These key residues are mainly located at the 2-fold channels, the quasi 3-fold channels, the bottom of the canyons, and the inter-subunit interfaces around the 3-fold axes. Our studies are helpful for better understanding the uncoating mechanism of the CVA16 capsid and provide potential target sites to prevent the uncoating motions, which is valuable for the vaccine design against CVA16.
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- Xing Long He
- Key Laboratory for Microstructural Material Physics of Hebei Province, School of Science, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China
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- The Sixth Laboratory, National Vaccine and Serum Institute, Beijing, China
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- The Sixth Laboratory, National Vaccine and Serum Institute, Beijing, China
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- The Sixth Laboratory, National Vaccine and Serum Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory for Microstructural Material Physics of Hebei Province, School of Science, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Key Laboratory for Microstructural Material Physics of Hebei Province, School of Science, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China.,The Sixth Laboratory, National Vaccine and Serum Institute, Beijing, China
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- The Sixth Laboratory, National Vaccine and Serum Institute, Beijing, China
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Cirauqui Diaz N, Frezza E, Martin J. Using normal mode analysis on protein structural models. How far can we go on our predictions? Proteins 2020; 89:531-543. [PMID: 33349977 DOI: 10.1002/prot.26037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Normal mode analysis (NMA) is a fast and inexpensive approach that is largely used to gain insight into functional protein motions, and more recently to create conformations for further computational studies. However, when the protein structure is unknown, the use of computational models is necessary. Here, we analyze the capacity of NMA in internal coordinate space to predict protein motion, its intrinsic flexibility, and atomic displacements, using protein models instead of native structures, and the possibility to use it for model refinement. Our results show that NMA is quite insensitive to modeling errors, but that calculations are strictly reliable only for very accurate models. Our study also suggests that internal NMA is a more suitable tool for the improvement of structural models, and for integrating them with experimental data or in other computational techniques, such as protein docking or more refined molecular dynamics simulations.
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- Nuria Cirauqui Diaz
- CNRS, UMR 5086 Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- CiTCoM, CNRS, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- CNRS, UMR 5086 Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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The effect of calcium binding on the unfolding force of mutated and healthy titin I10 domain: A steered molecular dynamics simulation study. J Mol Graph Model 2020; 96:107534. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2020.107534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Revised: 12/03/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Drug design by machine-trained elastic networks: predicting Ser/Thr-protein kinase inhibitors' activities. Mol Divers 2020; 25:899-909. [PMID: 32222890 DOI: 10.1007/s11030-020-10074-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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An elastic network model (ENM) represents a molecule as a matrix of pairwise atomic interactions. Rich in coded information, ENMs are hereby proposed as a novel tool for the prediction of the activity of series of molecules, with widely different chemical structures, but a common biological activity. The new approach is developed and tested using a set of 183 inhibitors of serine/threonine-protein kinase enzyme (Plk3) which is an enzyme implicated in the regulation of cell cycle and tumorigenesis. The elastic network (EN) predictive model is found to exhibit high accuracy and speed compared to descriptor-based machine-trained modeling. EN modeling appears to be a highly promising new tool for the high demands of industrial applications such as drug and material design.
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Analyzing Fluctuation Properties in Protein Elastic Networks with Sequence-Specific and Distance-Dependent Interactions. Biomolecules 2019; 9:biom9100549. [PMID: 31575003 PMCID: PMC6843209 DOI: 10.3390/biom9100549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2019] [Revised: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Simple protein elastic networks which neglect amino-acid information often yield reasonable predictions of conformational dynamics and are broadly used. Recently, model variants which incorporate sequence-specific and distance-dependent interactions of residue pairs have been constructed and demonstrated to improve agreement with experimental data. We have applied the new variants in a systematic study of protein fluctuation properties and compared their predictions with those of conventional anisotropic network models. We find that the quality of predictions is frequently linked to poor estimations in highly flexible protein regions. An analysis of a large set of protein structures shows that fluctuations of very weakly connected network residues are intrinsically prone to be significantly overestimated by all models. This problem persists in the new models and is not resolved by taking into account sequence information. The effect becomes even enhanced in the model variant which takes into account very soft long-ranged residue interactions. Beyond these shortcomings, we find that model predictions are largely insensitive to the integration of chemical information, at least regarding the fluctuation properties of individual residues. One can furthermore conclude that the inherent drawbacks may present a serious hindrance when improvement of elastic network models are attempted.
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Zhang PF, Su JG. Identification of key sites controlling protein functional motions by using elastic network model combined with internal coordinates. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:045101. [PMID: 31370540 DOI: 10.1063/1.5098542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The elastic network model (ENM) is an effective method to extract the intrinsic dynamical properties encoded in protein tertiary structures. We have proposed a new ENM-based analysis method to reveal the motion modes directly responsible for a specific protein function, in which an internal coordinate related to the specific function was introduced to construct the internal/Cartesian hybrid coordinate space. In the present work, the function-related internal coordinates combined with a linear perturbation method were applied to identify the key sites controlling specific protein functional motions. The change in the fluctuations of the internal coordinate in response to residue perturbation was calculated in the hybrid coordinate space by using the linear response theory. The residues with the large fluctuation changes were identified to be the key sites that allosterically control the specific protein function. Two proteins, i.e., human DNA polymerase β and the chaperonin from Methanococcus maripaludis, were investigated as case studies, in which several collective and local internal coordinates were applied to identify the functionally key residues of these two studied proteins. The calculation results are consistent with the experimental observations. It is found that different collective internal coordinates lead to similar results, where the predicted functionally key sites are located at similar positions in the protein structure. While for the local internal coordinates, the predicted key sites tend to be situated at the region near to the coordinate-involving residues. Our studies provide a starting point for further exploring other function-related internal coordinates for other interesting proteins.
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- Peng Fei Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Microstructural Material Physics of Hebei Province, College of Science, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
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- Key Laboratory for Microstructural Material Physics of Hebei Province, College of Science, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
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Sun Z, Liu Q, Qu G, Feng Y, Reetz MT. Utility of B-Factors in Protein Science: Interpreting Rigidity, Flexibility, and Internal Motion and Engineering Thermostability. Chem Rev 2019; 119:1626-1665. [PMID: 30698416 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 300] [Impact Index Per Article: 60.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Zhoutong Sun
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin 300308, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin 300308, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin 300308, China
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Chemistry Department, Philipps-University, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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Modeling of Protein Structural Flexibility and Large-Scale Dynamics: Coarse-Grained Simulations and Elastic Network Models. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19113496. [PMID: 30404229 PMCID: PMC6274762 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19113496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Revised: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Fluctuations of protein three-dimensional structures and large-scale conformational transitions are crucial for the biological function of proteins and their complexes. Experimental studies of such phenomena remain very challenging and therefore molecular modeling can be a good alternative or a valuable supporting tool for the investigation of large molecular systems and long-time events. In this minireview, we present two alternative approaches to the coarse-grained (CG) modeling of dynamic properties of protein systems. We discuss two CG representations of polypeptide chains used for Monte Carlo dynamics simulations of protein local dynamics and conformational transitions, and highly simplified structure-based elastic network models of protein flexibility. In contrast to classical all-atom molecular dynamics, the modeling strategies discussed here allow the quite accurate modeling of much larger systems and longer-time dynamic phenomena. We briefly describe the main features of these models and outline some of their applications, including modeling of near-native structure fluctuations, sampling of large regions of the protein conformational space, or possible support for the structure prediction of large proteins and their complexes.
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Fabrication and Characterization of Finite-Size DNA 2D Ring and 3D Buckyball Structures. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19071895. [PMID: 29954152 PMCID: PMC6073519 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19071895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Revised: 06/22/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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In order to incorporate functionalization into synthesized DNA nanostructures, enhance their production yield, and utilize them in various applications, it is necessary to study their physical stabilities and dynamic characteristics. Although simulation-based analysis used for DNA nanostructures provides important clues to explain their self-assembly mechanism, structural function, and intrinsic dynamic characteristics, few studies have focused on the simulation of DNA supramolecular structures due to the structural complexity and high computational cost. Here, we demonstrated the feasibility of using normal mode analysis for relatively complex DNA structures with larger molecular weights, i.e., finite-size DNA 2D rings and 3D buckyball structures. The normal mode analysis was carried out using the mass-weighted chemical elastic network model (MWCENM) and the symmetry-constrained elastic network model (SCENM), both of which are precise and efficient modeling methodologies. MWCENM considers both the weight of the nucleotides and the chemical bonds between atoms, and SCENM can obtain mode shapes of a whole structure by using only a repeated unit and its connectivity with neighboring units. Our results show the intrinsic vibrational features of DNA ring structures, which experience inner/outer circle and bridge motions, as well as DNA buckyball structures having overall breathing and local breathing motions. These could be used as the fundamental basis for designing and constructing more complicated DNA nanostructures.
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Lee BH, Seo S, Kim MH, Kim Y, Jo S, Choi MK, Lee H, Choi JB, Kim MK. Normal mode-guided transition pathway generation in proteins. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0185658. [PMID: 29020017 PMCID: PMC5636086 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Accepted: 09/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The biological function of proteins is closely related to its structural motion. For instance, structurally misfolded proteins do not function properly. Although we are able to experimentally obtain structural information on proteins, it is still challenging to capture their dynamics, such as transition processes. Therefore, we need a simulation method to predict the transition pathways of a protein in order to understand and study large functional deformations. Here, we present a new simulation method called normal mode-guided elastic network interpolation (NGENI) that performs normal modes analysis iteratively to predict transition pathways of proteins. To be more specific, NGENI obtains displacement vectors that determine intermediate structures by interpolating the distance between two end-point conformations, similar to a morphing method called elastic network interpolation. However, the displacement vector is regarded as a linear combination of the normal mode vectors of each intermediate structure, in order to enhance the physical sense of the proposed pathways. As a result, we can generate more reasonable transition pathways geometrically and thermodynamically. By using not only all normal modes, but also in part using only the lowest normal modes, NGENI can still generate reasonable pathways for large deformations in proteins. This study shows that global protein transitions are dominated by collective motion, which means that a few lowest normal modes play an important role in this process. NGENI has considerable merit in terms of computational cost because it is possible to generate transition pathways by partial degrees of freedom, while conventional methods are not capable of this.
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- Byung Ho Lee
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- School of Computational Sciences, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
- SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
- SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Putz I, Brock O. Elastic network model of learned maintained contacts to predict protein motion. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0183889. [PMID: 28854238 PMCID: PMC5576689 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2016] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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We present a novel elastic network model, lmcENM, to determine protein motion even for localized functional motions that involve substantial changes in the protein's contact topology. Existing elastic network models assume that the contact topology remains unchanged throughout the motion and are thus most appropriate to simulate highly collective function-related movements. lmcENM uses machine learning to differentiate breaking from maintained contacts. We show that lmcENM accurately captures functional transitions unexplained by the classical ENM and three reference ENM variants, while preserving the simplicity of classical ENM. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach on a large set of proteins covering different motion types. Our results suggest that accurately predicting a "deformation-invariant" contact topology offers a promising route to increase the general applicability of ENMs. We also find that to correctly predict this contact topology a combination of several features seems to be relevant which may vary slightly depending on the protein. Additionally, we present case studies of two biologically interesting systems, Ferric Citrate membrane transporter FecA and Arachidonate 15-Lipoxygenase.
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- Ines Putz
- Robotics and Biology Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Robotics and Biology Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Multiscale design of coarse-grained elastic network-based potentials for the μ opioid receptor. J Mol Model 2016; 22:227. [DOI: 10.1007/s00894-016-3092-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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O'Rourke KF, Gorman SD, Boehr DD. Biophysical and computational methods to analyze amino acid interaction networks in proteins. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2016; 14:245-51. [PMID: 27441044 PMCID: PMC4939391 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2016.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2016] [Revised: 06/04/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Globular proteins are held together by interacting networks of amino acid residues. A number of different structural and computational methods have been developed to interrogate these amino acid networks. In this review, we describe some of these methods, including analyses of X-ray crystallographic data and structures, computer simulations, NMR data, and covariation among protein sequences, and indicate the critical insights that such methods provide into protein function. This information can be leveraged towards the design of new allosteric drugs, and the engineering of new protein function and protein regulation strategies.
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- Kathleen F O'Rourke
- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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López-Blanco JR, Chacón P. New generation of elastic network models. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2015; 37:46-53. [PMID: 26716577 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2015.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2015] [Revised: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 11/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The intrinsic flexibility of proteins and nucleic acids can be grasped from remarkably simple mechanical models of particles connected by springs. In recent decades, Elastic Network Models (ENMs) combined with Normal Model Analysis widely confirmed their ability to predict biologically relevant motions of biomolecules and soon became a popular methodology to reveal large-scale dynamics in multiple structural biology scenarios. The simplicity, robustness, low computational cost, and relatively high accuracy are the reasons behind the success of ENMs. This review focuses on recent advances in the development and application of ENMs, paying particular attention to combinations with experimental data. Successful application scenarios include large macromolecular machines, structural refinement, docking, and evolutionary conservation.
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- José Ramón López-Blanco
- Department of Biological Chemical Physics, Rocasolano Physical Chemistry Institute C.S.I.C., Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biological Chemical Physics, Rocasolano Physical Chemistry Institute C.S.I.C., Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
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